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Friday, October 5th 2012

LOCAL

Chicago Professor
Discovers Dino-Cat

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Source: NBC Chicago, by Lisa Balde,

A new species of dinosaur has been discovered by University of Chicago Professor Paul Sereno. The dinosaur is the size of a house cat with vampire-like fangs and spiky bristles all over its body. The discovery
of the herbivore was made in a collection of fossils from a southern African mine in the 1960s, and it was
the most advanced plant eater of the day. The dinosaur, called Pegomastax africanus, or “thick jaw from
Africa,” is believed to have existed 200 million years ago and provides a crucial link in the evolutionary
chain.

NATIONAL
More GI Janes On The
Field

Source: Mother Jones, by Erika
Eichelberger

Despite fighting and dying in every US war, women have never been allowed to be part of Marine
Corps infantry training until now. Infantry training
involves a group of people being dropped in the
woods to fend for themselves with few resources
and 70 pounds of gear. Twenty-five percent of men
drop out. Despite the fact that women in the infantry program will be expected to do everything a
man does with no exceptions, many still fear that
the women will bring down the standards and make
the infantry members easier targets on the battlefield. But let’s not forget how great Katniss was in
the Hunger Games, same thing right?

Born This Way
Source: The New York Times, by Gina Kolata

A new scientific method has proven that scanning
a newborn’s entire DNA can pinpoint disease-causing gene mutations weeks and months earlier than
typical methods. Considering one in 20 babies is
born with a genetic disease, this method when put
into effect could save a lot of infants from unnecessary treatment and death.

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NEIGHBORHOOD
Food Trucks to Basically
Become Restaurants

Source: LakeView Patch, by Andy
Ambrosius

City Hall passed a Food Truck Ordinance in July
requiring food trucks to have designated parking
spaces in highly congested areas, and five spots
picked for the Lakeview neighborhood will be up
for approval during the next City Council meeting.
However, many are dissatisfied with the idea of
“food truck stands” because the spots were specifically picked so that the trucks would not compete
with brick-and-mortar restaurants. Isn’t a stationary food truck basically a brick-and-mortar
restaurant?

Watch Out For the Marathoners!

Source: Lakeview Patch, by Andy Ambrosius

Even though the Chicago Marathon begins downtown, six streets in Lakeview will be affected withshut downs from about 7 a.m. to 11 a.m on Sunday,
Oct. 7. The streets and times will be: N. Sheridan
Road from Diversey to Belmont from 7 to 10:45
a.m., Inner Lake Shore Dr. from Belmont to Addison from 7 to 10:45 a.m., W. Addison St. from
Inner Lake Shore to Broadway from 7 to 10:45
a.m., N. Broadway from Diversey to Addison from
7 to 10:45 a.m. and N. Clark St. from Diversey to
Webster from 7 to 11 a.m.

CPS Credit Downgrade....Again
Source: Daily Caller, by Eric Owens

CTU isn’t the only problem with CPS; Moody’s Investors Service recently downgraded CPS’s credit
rating to an A2 with a negative outlook. This means
loaning to CPS is riskier than loaning to Botswana,
which has a rating of A2 with a positive outlook
and is the second time this year that Moody’s has
cut CPS’s rating. Moody joins Fitch Ratings and
Standard and Poor’s as members of of the CPS
Credit Downgrade Club.

Photo used with permission.
The Tartan Art installation encrouaged artists to create giant golf ball art to celebrate
The Ryder Cup. You can them along North Michigan Avenue.

Does Panera Care About the
Isolated Wealthy in Lakeview?
Source: CBS Chicago

Despite the store’s message of helping your fellow
man, some residents of the Lakeview neighborhood are complaining that the Panera Cares store is
bringing some unwanted visitors to the neighborhood--the hungry and homeless--who are scaring
the average Lakeview resident. Some neighborhood stores have even begun putting gates on their
windows and doors. Members of the community
have reached out to CPD and the Department of
Family and Support Services to help clear out the
homeless in the neighborhood.

Wilson Red Line to Get Facelift

Warm Up With a Bowl
of PHO at ‘Simply It’ in
Lincoln Park

by Vivian Doan

As the leaves change color and temperatures drop
in Chicago, nothing beats a big bowl of Pho (Vietnamese noodle soup, pronounced “fuh”) to warm
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Compared to last year, there was only about a one
percent climb in retails sales this year with many
big retail chains like Macy’s and Target missing
their marks completely. Many stores are even deciding to not report monthly sales any more hoping
that it will focus their companies on more yearlong sales goals that increase spending overall.

SPORTS
Source: ESPN.com, by Dan Rafael

Coming out of the closet in the world of sports is
a rarity, but that did not stop Orlando Cruz, Olympian featherweight boxer, from doing so on Oct. 3.
Cruz, in a statement he released, called himself a
“proud gay man” and will be the first openly gay
fighter in the sport of boxing.

Red Sox Stop Bobby Valentine
Curse

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Instead of sneaking their cell phones into class
and secretly texting under their desk like the rest
of us, New York high school students, pay $1 to
drop them off at phone valet trucks. It may seem
convenient, but these trucks run into issues; one
was held up an gunpoint allowing for 200 student
phones to be robbed, which has prompted school
officials to push for on-site storage for the devices
at the school.

Even though small business seem to have a confident exterior (adding more than 145,000 jobs in
September because they’re sooo popular), they
actually have huge self-esteem issues just like the
rest of us. According to the NFIB Optimism Index,
small business confidence has been at a recession
level since 2008. Whether the confidence is there
or not, 10 percent of the NFIB members plan to
add more workers.

Americans Still Aren’t Biting for
Department Stores

Source: Yahoo Sports, by Jeff Passan

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Olympian Boxer Comes
Out

Source: NBC Chicago, by Lisa Balde

Mayor Emanuel announced on Oct. 4 that the Wilson Red Line stop will receive a $203 million upgrade that will fix not only station signals but also
completely redesign the stop to include a glass and
steel canny and entrances to the station at Target
and Aldi. Wilson will also become the only stop
between Belmont and Howard where people can
switch to the purple line. Demolition is scheduled
for the upcoming spring and construction will be
ongoing through 2015.

Small Businesses Have
Small Confidence

Boston Red Sox Manager Bobby Valentine was
fired on Oct. 4 after a season wrought with unnecessary losses. Valentine was manager for only one
year before he was cut from the team for a management style that was considered too risky without
achieving results. Some speculate that Valentine
was a lame duck manager after attacking the players and provoking a team mutiny against him that
did not allow him to achieve a great season.

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After what many are calling a lackluster debate performance, President Obama energized the crowd at
an Oct. 4 Denver campaign event. He took several
jabs at Romney and the policies the former governor presented at the debate and at one point said
that the Romney at the debate was not the “real
Mitt Romney.” However, many people already feel
that Obama’s presidential ability had been irreparably damaged during the previous night’s debate.

Leave Big Bird Alone!
Source: Los Angeles Times, by Meredith Blake

During the first round of Presidential Debates the
biggest attack didn’t land on either of the candidates but on Big Bird. Supporters of the yellow
10-foot bird went after Mitt Romney after he made
his plan to cut PBS from the federal budget clear.
Despite Romney’s admittance that he loves Big
Bird anyway, he certainly can’t count on that much
coveted “Sesame Street” vote anymore.

I bought Tostidos the other day, as in last night
when I was getting home from the library at midnight and I wanted more than just veggies to eat...
ARGH 711 how you tempt me! So I am thinking
each week I will document what I buy to keep on
track with this 80% local thing and then I will try
to look up the other 20% and see what company
makes/processes it and what their general status
is in terms of “goodness”...My guess is Tostidos
made by Frito Lays is not going to measure up
nicely.

Chicago Gourmet Rides Again

from: Steve Dolinsky, by Steve Dolinsky

DESSERT EMERGENCY! Where to turn when
Organizers couldn’t have dialed up a better weekend for Chicago Gourmet. With crisp, slightly
warm weather and clear skies, the city never looked
better, as more and more VIPs made their way here
for two days of classes, tastings and seminars with
some of the city’s top food talent.

SPORTS

What the Heck Do I Know Anyway?
Bears Defense is Good

LIFESTYLE

Tattoo Who? Tattoo Me Please!

from: Red & Company, by Tara Scalzo

I have 6. I want more. It’s an addiction really, something I can’t explain other than being an indescribable need. It’s everything you want to say about
yourself and choose to wear it on your skin. It’s
the permanent parts of you that are spoken about to
others but quickly lost once your words touch their
ears. Words are temporary, ink is forever.
A Chicago Thing @achicagothing

It seems to me as if the trees in our area exploded
in vibrant colors seemingly overnight. And according to experts, I’m not imagining it. Our mild winter and early spring, combined with this summer’s
drought, have resulted in trees changing colors two
to three weeks earlier than normal. Those conditions have also contributed to the trees’ colors being brighter, too.

from: Chicago Bears Huddle, by Darren Doxey

Really, what the heck do I know? I’m just some
crazy guy who sits behind a computer, a WordPress
dashboard open on the screen, looking for something to complain about. For example, I just talked
about having my finger on the panic button. I called
the Bears an old, beat-up hot rod. I wrote this wonderful little nugget during the preseason: “This
year is totally up to the offense, because I think the
Bears’ defense will be giving up a lot of points.”

The Bulls were able to stem the tide of negative
PR by successfully re-signing head coach Tom
Thibodeau. But there were other indications from
the Bulls GM that make the failures of the offseason tough to forget. Another (final?) thing from
media day, appropriately circling back to where it
all began: frustration over how the offseason went.

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BLOGS - NATIONAL
FASHION

The Photographers
from: From Me to You, by Jaime Beck

You know, as a photographer I’m always interested watching other photographer’s work, how
they work and what their process is. When I come
around at NYFW I’m very aware that I’m in the
colosseum with these guys (who mostly ignore me
since I’m the quiet one in the skirt) and this is their
world. For the most part I stay out of their way
which has saved my neck in more than one intense
backstage moment, for example, one photographer
physically threw out the other guys.

Raf Simons Versus Hedi Slimane:
Who Had the Splashier Debut

from: The Cut, by Charlotte Cowles

Paris Fashion Week began with what many deemed
a “face-off” between designers Hedi Slimane and
Raf Simons, both of whom were showing their
first-ever ready-to-wear collections for Saint Laurent and Dior, respectively. At first, their purported
rivalry seemed more like a dubious conflict ginned
up by the fashion press—we’re always hungering
for extra drama, after all—but as the week unfolded and the reviews came in, the comparisons came
into sharper focus.

There are only two days
of the year when you can
stand an egg on end. One
of these days falls on the
first day of autumn. To do
this you will need a raw
egg. Place the egg on a
hard flat surface on its largest end. Carefully pull your
hands away and it should
remain upright.
Source: Bright Hub Education

FREE THIS WEEK
Free Art Walk Oct. 5-7
Celebrate art in all forms:
visual, musical, culinary
and more at storefronts in
West Town. Enjoy West
Town’s diverse community
of local businesses while
supporting local Chicago
artists.
Source: Free Things Chicago

MUSIC

Sufjan Stevens-Christmas Unicorn

from: Kind of Bleu, by Peter Cauvel

Sufjan Stevens is continuing his Songs for Christmas series with a new box set this fall. Starting in
2001, Sufjan has been recording Christmas songs
almost every year. The first five EPs were collected
on 2006′s Songs for Christmas, and though the EPs
comprising Silver & Goldwere recorded between
2006 and 2010, none of it has yet been released.

This Year’s Rock Hall of Fame Ballot Aims to Right Some Wrongs

from: Popmatters, by AJ Ramirez

After an interminable delay, the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame has finally announced its ballot of possible
inductees for next year’s ceremony, due to take
place on April 18. While the Hall has garnered a
reputation amongst the public for many questionable choices and egregious snubs during its history—especially over the last decade—this year’s
ballot shows positive signs that the Nominating
Committee has finally registered some of the more
frequent criticisms, and is progressively improving
in regards to atoning for long-standing slights.

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Janet’s Seasonal Rants, Part 1.
Louis CK.
Louis C K is not funny. What madness has
crowned him as the new humor icon? He is dour,
self-indulgent and controlling. He is late 40’s, and
still goes to masturbating jokes for the easy laugh.
Ew. Grow up, sir.

Ten Ways To Make the Presidential
Debate More Interesting
from: Lists That Actually Matter, by Tony

It’s time for the first presidential debate of the 2012
election and excitement couldn’t be higher. Not
that it’s high by any means, but the current level is
probably the ceiling. Maybe everyone’s forgetting
about all of the great things that go along with a
presidential debate. The podiums! The somewhat
familiar looking moderators! The vague, unspecific rhetoric that calls into question the opponent’s
use of vague, unspecific rhetoric! It’s all there,
America.

Lobster Roll Redux
from: Luxirare

Do you like Lobster Rolls? Yes…? So do I. But
today I am only here to use up leftovers.
A bunch of green needs to be pulled out because
I’ll forget and then a week later they will turn
brown. I believe there are a million and one ways to
make filling for a lobster roll. At Red Hook lobster
pound, I feel like it’s 99% lobster, which is great.
But you know I told you I need to use these greens
before I lose my cool. So here I use cilantro, scallion, and watercress, just some of my favorites.

Spaghetti With Broccoli Cream
Pesto
from: Smitten Kitchen, by Deb

Surely, you didn’t think I was going to stop my
hasty populating of the broccoli archives with just
one new recipe, right? I mean, sure, the slaw is
still a star. The fritters were great. But when your
kid likes broccoli, you will always be on the hunt
for new and more advanced Methods of Broccoli
Implementation.
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